At 23:52 -0500 18 Mar 2000, "James F. Kubecki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> set nouse_domain # 'cause I'm on a dialup
> my_hdr From: James F. Kubecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # Default email
> set alternates=((james|linux)@kubecki.com|[EMAIL PROTECTED])
> set reverse_name=yes
>
> So here are my questions:
> 1. When I receive email at [EMAIL PROTECTED], and reply to it, I get
> a "From" header of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why? How can I change this? My
> understanding of the reverse_name is that it will figure out which email
> the message was TO, and reply appropriately. Am I mistaken?
The 'my_hdr From:' command is overriding the effect of reverse name. If
you're using a 1.1.x version, you can set the 'from' variable to the
address you want to be the default instead of using my_hdr.
> someone without a send-hook, it will always be the my_hdr From
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). The only way I can see to email from a different
> address without a send-hook would be to turn on edit_headers and manually
> change the address, which seems inefficient to me. How should I handle
> this in Mutt?
You can use the edit-from command in the send menu. The default binding
is <Esc>F .
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